now checking if the service became a zombie every time we receive a stop request, instead of trying to guess the problematic cases (attempting to fix the Priviliged Options again)

app/src/main/java/io/github/sspanak/tt9/ime/TraditionalT9.java

@@ -23,24 +23,19 @@ import io.github.sspanak.tt9.util.SystemSettings;
 public class TraditionalT9 extends MainViewHandler {
 	@NonNull
 	private final Handler backgroundTasks = new Handler(Looper.getMainLooper());
-	private final Handler deathDetector = new Handler(Looper.getMainLooper());
+	private final Handler zombieDetector = new Handler(Looper.getMainLooper());
+	private int zombieChecks = 0;
 
 
 	@Override
 	public boolean onEvaluateInputViewShown() {
 		super.onEvaluateInputViewShown();
+		if (!SystemSettings.isTT9Active(this)) {
+			return false;
+		}
+
 		setInputField(getCurrentInputConnection(), getCurrentInputEditorInfo());
-
-		if (!shouldBeVisible()) {
-			return false;
-		}
-
-		if (SystemSettings.isTT9Enabled(this)) {
-			return true;
-		} else {
-			onDeath();
-			return false;
-		}
+		return shouldBeVisible();
 	}
 
 
@@ -129,8 +124,6 @@ public class TraditionalT9 extends MainViewHandler {
 
 	@Override
 	protected boolean onStart(InputConnection connection, EditorInfo field) {
-		deathDetector.removeCallbacksAndMessages(null);
-
 		if (!super.onStart(connection, field)) {
 			return false;
 		}
@@ -174,6 +167,10 @@ public class TraditionalT9 extends MainViewHandler {
 			backgroundTasks.removeCallbacksAndMessages(null);
 			backgroundTasks.postDelayed(this::runBackgroundTasks, SettingsStore.WORD_BACKGROUND_TASKS_DELAY);
 		}
+
+		if (zombieChecks == 0) {
+			startZombieCheck();
+		}
 	}
 
 
@@ -181,19 +178,32 @@ public class TraditionalT9 extends MainViewHandler {
 	 * On Android 11 the IME is sometimes not killed when the user switches to a different one.
 	 * Here we attempt to detect if we are disabled, then hide and kill ourselves.
 	 */
-	private void onDeath() {
-		if (SystemSettings.isTT9Active(this)) {
-			Logger.w("onDeath", "===> Still active, rescheduling");
-			deathDetector.postDelayed(this::onDeath, SettingsStore.ZOMBIE_CHECK_INTERVAL);
+	private void startZombieCheck() {
+		if (!SystemSettings.isTT9Active(this)) {
+			onDeath();
 			return;
+		}
+
+		if (++zombieChecks < SettingsStore.ZOMBIE_CHECK_MAX) {
+			zombieDetector.postDelayed(this::startZombieCheck, SettingsStore.ZOMBIE_CHECK_INTERVAL);
 		} else {
-			deathDetector.removeCallbacksAndMessages(null);
+			Logger.d("startZombieCheck", "Not a zombie after " + zombieChecks + " checks");
+			zombieChecks = 0;
+		}
+	}
+
+
+	private void onDeath() {
+		if (currentInputConnection == null) {
+			Logger.w("onDeath", "===> Already dead. Nothing to do.");
+			return;
 		}
 
 		Logger.w("onDeath", "===> Killing self");
 		requestHideSelf(0);
-		onStop();
+		setInputField(null, null);
 		backgroundTasks.removeCallbacksAndMessages(null);
+		zombieDetector.removeCallbacksAndMessages(null);
 		stopSelf();
 	}
 

app/src/main/java/io/github/sspanak/tt9/preferences/settings/SettingsStore.java

@@ -36,7 +36,8 @@ public class SettingsStore extends SettingsUI {
 	public final static int WORD_FREQUENCY_NORMALIZATION_DIVIDER = 100; // normalized frequency = WORD_FREQUENCY_MAX / WORD_FREQUENCY_NORMALIZATION_DIVIDER
 	public final static int WORD_PAIR_MAX = 1000;
 	public final static int WORD_PAIR_MAX_WORD_LENGTH = 6;
-	public final static int ZOMBIE_CHECK_INTERVAL = 666; // ms
+	public final static int ZOMBIE_CHECK_INTERVAL = 1500; // ms
+	public final static int ZOMBIE_CHECK_MAX = 2;
 
 	/************* hacks *************/
 	public final static int PREFERENCES_CLICK_DEBOUNCE_TIME = 250; // ms

app/src/main/java/io/github/sspanak/tt9/util/SystemSettings.java

@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@ public class SystemSettings {
 		inputManager = inputManager == null ? (InputMethodManager) context.getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE) : inputManager;
 		packageName = packageName == null ? context.getPackageName() : packageName;
 
-
 		for (final InputMethodInfo imeInfo : inputManager.getEnabledInputMethodList()) {
 			if (packageName.equals(imeInfo.getPackageName()) && imeInfo.getId().equals(defaultIME)) {
 				return true;